CENTRIFUGATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of separating substances of different densities by the use of a centrifuge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("centrifugation" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "centrifugation"):

ultracentrifugation (centrifugation at very high speeds)

Derivation:

centrifuge (rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids)

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